SNOW TEAM

Where do you live now? Currently
living in Proctor (right by Spirit Mountain)

Number of years riding: 12 years

Home resort: Spirit Mountain and
Mont Du Lac

Hook ups: Public and Damage
Boardshop

Current set up: I ride a 152cm
Public Opinion with some Switchback Twin bindings, and I wear Adidas Sambas for
boots.

How did you get into snowboarding?
When I was younger I was just fixated on the idea of trying it and I found out
that some of my friends at school were snowboarding too. My older cousin was
snowboarding as well, so that definitely was an influence. I just ended up
getting hooked on it even more just from learning more about it.

Favorite place to ride in MN: I
wish I could time travel back to Mont Du lac in 2012/13. Spirit Mountain and
Trollhaugen are bomb too.

Favorite memory snowboarding: Too many good times to play favorites. Pretty
much any nice day on the tow rope when everyone is having a good time is
awesome. Alex’s back yard was a good sesh this last year too.

Favorite trick: I have a love for
pretzels and presses.

Favorite snowboard film: Beacon
and Landline are the two most beautifully filmed and edited videos I’ve seen.

Favorite thing to do outside of
snowboarding: Skateboarding, being with my friends, reading, drawing stupid
stuff, some video games; and last but not least camping, hiking, climbing, and
just being with my girlfriend.

Why should people support their
local shop? Because those who have a local shop to go to, are very fortunate to
have one around. Your local shop extends beyond perimeter of the storefront. The
local shop is something that most riders in a community (and the smaller
surrounding communities) have in common and because of that, people who are
otherwise individual skaters or snowboarders are organically brought together
into a community of riders of different ages, backgrounds, and styles; and
whatever the circumstance, when the community is brought together, we usually
all jive with each other well enough on the common grounds that we all like to
skate and snowboard. And the local shop, where every you are, is the biggest
reason we have that. If you support your local shop, then you support
skateboarding/snowboarding and your community.

Shout outs: Shout out to my Mom,
Dad, and Brother (Marcie, Kevin, and Jake). To my girlfriend Taylor for
supporting my snowboarding addiction. Thanks to my Cousin Joe Crain for his
influence! Huge thanks to Mike Rapaich and Stephen Pestalozzi for taking time
to film, for putting up with my freak outs, and most of all for being my good
friends. Thank you to Alex Deminuik also for being my friend as well as an
influential and supportive person. Thanks to Paul Lavold, the older brother I
never had; Tony Marchette; Dan Spooner; the rest of the Damage Dirtbags (skate
and snow); Must Be Minnesota!; Joe Sexton and Public; the Lamedogs; the Scud Tv
boys (Scooter); Evan Hughs; Wyatt Hotchkin; Colton Maddy; Common Apparel; and
the rest of the brands and people living in and being a part of Duluth’s scene.
Thanks to my friend Kyle Cook for being one of the first people to ride with
me, and get me psyched on it. Thank you to Ben Olson and my best buddy Wyatt Lindberg for your
influence and kindness. Lastly, Thanks to everyone I’ve had the privilege of
riding with, love y’all.

Extra Credit Questions

Have you ever puked off a
chairlift? Haha. No, I’m actually have a huge phobia of puking. If I’m about to puke I’m usually in denial of
it and will fight it to the end. It’s not rational, but I just hate it that
much.

Have you ever had to pee off a
chairlift? I haven’t made it to that point.

Have you ever made out with a
girl on a chairlift? My lady and I will have to make that one happen sometime.

Have you ever fallen off a
chairlift? Nope

Anything we need to know about
riding the chairlift with you? Haha, I’m not sure. I have a hard time getting
myself to leave the tow rope most days.

How did you get into snowboarding?
I skied and my brother snowboarded and just like any little girl I wanted to be
cool like my big brother, so I ditched the skis and picked up a board at a
local ski swap. I actually hated it at first and called my mom to come pick me
up (lol) Let’s just say I love it more than anything now! I can’t really
remember what ever clicked that I wanted to progress in it more but whatever it
was I’m thankful.

Favorite place to ride in MN: I
enjoy riding at Hyland it kind of has the same fast paced vibe as Troll. I
always find humor in kids getting thrown off the tow rope so that’s always
funny to see too.

Favorite memory snowboarding: Oh
boy, they probably start way back in middle school ski club. My friends and I
would always go through the woods and build our own jumps. We’d purposely
pretend we couldn’t hold onto the tow rope and cause collisions. Literally
laughed so hard we’d pee ourselves and have to ride the bus home with wet
pants.

Favorite trick: Front boards

Favorite snowboard film: Not a
film (sorry) but LTC Tornado edit. Everything about it was just 12/10 Big fan.

Favorite thing to do outside of
snowboarding: I just like being outside, whether it’s running, biking or kayaking
I’m all for it. Recently caught the running bug so we’ll see how long that
sticks around.

Why should people support their
local shop? There’s so many reasons to support your local shop but the standout
one to me is the relationships you build with people at the shop. The customer
service/care is beyond anything you’ll receive at a big dealer or online. And
if you’re shopping for something you love the odds of someone helping you out
with a similar passion is pretty big and that is huge when it comes down
purchasing what’s right for you.

How did
you get into snowboarding?Went on a class ski trip in fifth grade to go ski
Giants ridge. Saw a kid hit a rail on a snowboard and I never looked back after
that.

Best place
to ride in MN:Giants Ridge duh

Favorite
memory snowboarding:That’s an impossible one to answer. Too many great times
out there.

Favorite
trick:Making my snowboard flex

Favorite
snowboard film:Robot Foods Films

Favorite
thing to do outside of snowboarding:Maybe make food!Not sure that one’s a hard one probably just
doing whatever my friends are feeling on doing.

Why should
people support their local shop?Well that’s a pretty easy question. They have
the most knowledge of all products, so that will help you actually pick out the
right gear! Shops also give back to the local snowboard community by hosting
event like movie premiers, rail jams and things like that. Plus what happens if
you break something you think Amazon is going to be able to get your stuff
fixed for you so you don’t miss a day on hill. Didn’t think so Prime isn’t that
fast!

Shout
outs:Yeee Yaaaa Diss way Dat way

Extra Credit Questions

Have you
ever puked off a chairlift?No

Have you
ever had to pee off a chairlift?Yes and I also know of someone shitting off a
lift

Have you
ever made out with a girl on a chairlift?Yep

Have you
ever fallen off a chairlift?Close but nope Thank God!

Anything
we need to know about riding the chairlift with you?There might be some funny
smelling smoke around!

How did you get into snowboarding?So my parents would take
me to sledding hills around town and after I saw some kids snowboarding I
started standing up on sleds to copy them. It looked like the coolest thing
ever. My mom and dad figured it out and got me a real set up for Christmas and
I’ve been hooked since day one.

Best place to ride in MN:Spirit Mountain and LUTSEN
#lutsenliving

Favorite memory snowboarding: Losing my powder virginity at Mt. Bachelor was a game changer for sure.

Why should people support their local shop? Shops live and
breathe snowboarding and want to help you have the best possible snowboard
experience. By supporting them they’re able to put on cool events and make
stuff happen in your area.

Shout outs: My family for their years of support, my
girlfriend Sarah for understanding my snowboard addiction, Ben for putting me
on the shop team and doing everything he does, Rich at Rome for bringing me on
board and always hooking it up, my friends for keeping the hype alive, everyone
I’ve looked up to or helped me in some way over the years…thank you!!!

Extra Credit
Questions

Have you ever puked off a chairlift? No, but I'm sure #lutsenliving will get the best of me eventually...

Have you ever had to pee off a chairlift? I prefer the woods to avoid peeing on myself.

Have you ever made out with a girl on a chairlift? Sorry, no chairlift love stories.

Have you ever fallen off a chairlift? I have both fallen and
jumped off a chairlift.

Anything we need to know about riding the chairlift with
you? Bullshitting and occasional rap battles.

How did you get into snowboarding? The first step was
instinctually standing up on the sled in the

backyard. Then I saw a snowboard at the sledding hill and
begged until I got a plastic board for

Christmas 1988. In 1992 I got a “real” board with metal
edges.

Best place to ride in MN: Lutsen

Favorite memory snowboarding: SO many...gotta go with a tie
between:

1) Did a Haakon flip in front of Terje in the Sierra
halfpipe and he said “hell yeah”.

2) I was learning Michaelchucks and Jeff Brushie asked me
how to do them.

3) any epic pow, park, street, or backyard day with friends

Favorite trick: method

Favorite snowboard film: Perceptions

Favorite thing to do outside of snowboarding: mountain
biking and playing guitar

Why should people support their local shop? Local shops
pretty much create and maintain the whole local snowboard scene. They bring the snowboard community
together.

Shout outs: all my friends and family who’ve either ridden
with me or supported my lifelong passion

Extra Credit
Questions

Have you ever puked off a chairlift? I feel like I must
have, but not that I can recall.

Have you ever had to pee off a chairlift? Yes

Have you ever made out with a girl on a chairlift? Yes

Have you ever fallen off a chairlift? No, but I’ve jumped

Anything we need to know about riding the chairlift with
you? Safety first

Viktor Simco

Name: Viktor Simco

Nicknames: Viktorman

Age: 29

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Where do you live now? Venice Beach, California

Number of years riding: 18

Home resort: Lee Canyon (Vegas)

Hook ups: Rome

Current set up: Rome

How did you get into snowboarding? Lived in Riverside at the
bottom of Spirit Mountain

Best place to ride in MN: Lutsen

Favorite memory snowboarding: Learned a backflip at
Lutsen a decade ago, then learned a switch

backflip at Whistler, BC, then a double backflip at
Stevens Pass, WA.

Favorite trick: Switch backflip

Favorite snowboard film: Happy Hour

Favorite thing to do outside of snowboarding: Surf

Why should people support their local shop? It’s the
lifeblood of the local culture. They have the pulse on the up and coming generation through the OG’s. Real
shops make an impact in the community even outside of skating / snowboarding and never stop making
shit happen.

Shout outs: The person that made it possible for me to make
a living snowboarding by moving us to the bottom of Spirit Mountain, my dad Papa Ron.

Extra​ ​Credit​
​Questions

Have you ever puked off a chairlift? Mt. Hood

Have you ever had to pee off a chairlift? Mammoth

Have you ever made out with a girl on a chairlift? Yes

Have you ever fallen off a chairlift? Not on accident

Anything we need to know about riding the chairlift with
you? Enquist is WASHED. Simco is BACK.

Eric Christopherson

Name: Eric Christopherson

Nicknames: E

Age: 40

Hometown: Detroit Lakes

Where do you live now? Duluth

Number of years riding: 28

Home resort: Spirit Mt

Hook ups: Rome, 32, Damage

Current set up: Rome Agent 156 w/ Targa bindings

How did you get into snowboarding? Skateboarding

Best place to ride in MN: Spirit Mt

Favorite memory snowboarding: Learning how to ride at
Detroit Mountain

Favorite trick: Front Board

Favorite snowboard film: Mackdawg Stomping Grounds

Favorite thing to do outside of snowboarding: Hang with
family and friends, Skateboard

Why should people support their local shop? The shop
supports the local scene and puts on fun events for everyone. Always good to
shop local and support the local economy. Support the shop because the shop
does a good job of supporting the companies that are doing good things for
snowboarding.

Shout outs: Family (Andrea, Olivia, Ollie, Parents and
Sister) All my Friends along the way especially (Ben, Barry, Mike@32 Rich@Rome)

Extra Credit
Questions

Have you ever puked off a chairlift? Nope

Have you ever had to pee off a chairlift? Nope

Have you ever made out with a girl on a chairlift? Long time
ago...

Have you ever fallen off a chairlift? Jacket got caught on
one @ Buena Vista and I was hanging there about 10ft off the ground.

Anything we need to know about riding the chairlift with
you? I used to fall asleep on the chair.

Brian Wilson

Name: Brian WilsonNicknames: Senior Wilson Age: 28Hometown: Virginia MinnesotaWhere do you live now? Carnelian Bay, Lake Tahoe, CaliforniaNumber of years riding: 17Home resort: Giants RidgeHook ups: Damage Board Shop, Must Be MinnesotaCurrent set up: Ride Burnout, Ride Revolt bindings, Adidas bootsHow did you get into snowboarding? I surfed, Skimmed, and Skated in Maui when I was a kid. Eventually, I moved to Virginia Minnesota when I was 10. I was always on a board, so it made sense after moving to Minnesota to start snowboarding. Fell in love and have been riding ever since.Best place to ride in MN: Giants Ridge, Spirit Mountain, LutsenFavorite memory snowboarding: Every moment I’m on my board with friends, are the best memories.Favorite trick: Rails: Back 180 Switch 50, Jumps: Back 720 NoseFavorite snowboard film: Any Videograss, Sugar ShackFavorite thing to do outside of snowboarding: Skating, Hiking, Boating, GolfingWhy should people support their local shop? Because your local shop is part of your local community, and supporting your local community is better than any corporation.Shout outs: Family, Friends, Metal Music, Damage Boardshop, Must Be Minnesota.Extra Credit QuestionsHave you ever puked off a chairlift? Many people have asked me this question, and in fact the answer is yes - many times in my day. (Shouts to Kenny Powers)Have you ever had to pee off a chairlift? Yeeeah, couple times, I definitely peed on myself a littleHave you ever made out with a girl on a chairlift? Yes, watch your own bobberHave you ever fallen off a chairlift? Jumped off into a tree onceAnything we need to know about riding the chairlift with you? Either you suck farts or join in on my pterodactyl screaming

Favorite snowboard film: Too many to
pick one. But Love/Hate and Burning Bridges had a huge impact on me. Also, I
think the Robot Food movies showed snowboarding in the funnest way possible.

Favorite thing to do outside of snowboarding:
Skateboard and travel.

Why should people support their local
shop? There are so many reasons. Buying gear from your local shop supports the
whole skateboard/snowboard scene in your area. They put on the contests, video
premieres, and help put local boarders on the map. There is a level of personal
connection between shop owners and skateboarding/snowboarding that can’t be
replaced. Would you rather buy a product from someone that lives a similar
lifestyle, and helps their community out..or help buy someone you've never met
a new car?Shout outs: Family, friends, sponsors,
future wife ;)

Eric Enquist

Name: Eric Enquist

Nicknames: Enquist

Age: 29

Hometown: Duluth, MN

Where do you live now? Out west in a van with my gal. No actual address or destination at the moment.

How did you get into snowboarding? I've been skateboarding since day one and when I moved from CA to MN when I was younger it just fell into place after looking at a few magazines and watching X-Games.

Best place to ride in MN: Spirit Mt. for all around riding but if you wanna go cruise and get away from the crowd head up the lake shore to Lutsen.

Favorite memory snowboarding: Every long day I've had hitting jumps with friends at Spirit from sun up to sun down.

Favorite trick: Backside 7 Japan's

Favorite snowboard film: Such a tough one but I gotta say "The Resistance." So classic.

Favorite thing to do outside of
snowboarding: Rock climbing

Why should people support their
local shop? Keep supporting your local shop because they have been there since day one. They know what's going on in the snowboard world down to the core and are actually out there shreddin hard! Pretty much your local shop ares about more than just the dollar.

Shout outs: Shout out to Damage Boardshop for helping me out since 05!! And to all my friends that I've shared a great day with shreddin on the slopes!

Extra Credit Questions

Have you ever puked off a
chairlift? Never puked off a chair.

Have you ever had to pee off a
chairlift? I've peed off a chair more than I can count haha.

Have you ever made out with a
girl on a chairlift? Yes

Have you ever fallen off a
chairlift? Never fallen but have purposefully jumped off.

Anything we need to know about
riding the chairlift with you? I'll always accept a race off the chair.